ANGELS AND PRIGS.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16812, 2 June 1926, Page 9

ANGELS AND PRIGS.

WOMEN AS TEACHERS OF BOYS. Mr F. Harraclough, of Leeds, in his presidential address at the annual conference of the National tniou o Teachers, at Portsmouth, declared that our industrial needs demanded a renaissance of education. As a nation, lie said, lie had practically staked our existence on our mdusllnal p.oduelivilv and efficiency. a ion of a real national system of education was required to meet our needs tees of all kinds and for every Btas J national education must lie ano * • • A resolution was passed protcatin., against Hie Hoard of education eu eom-aging the replacement ot men teachers in classes of boys up to 11 bv women teachers. *Mr A. L. Shires, of Leeds, proposing the resolution, quoted stalls showing that while a quarter of the scholais between the ages of 8 and II "'-re bo vs, only it per cent ol the leach., is wero men. Such conditions were unjust. liven mixed schools should have men as head teachers. Mr \Y F. Hanley, ot Leeds, sin porting the resolution, said numbness was the greatest Hung t hey luui teach, and they could not icly on women to teach this. A woman eachci might teach mannishness, which was mi entirely diffen-nl Lung. Mr Greaves, ot Leeds, said that there was a spark of divimly m every hoy and there was also a tot lh ,1,, v il When a man teat In i saw devilment to a hoy he also saw a spi.rk of divinitv, whereas when a woman, ~I NV devilment she thought it was the devil, and when she thought she. was making angels of hoys she was ieall> making them prigs. It was strange that a M'lin., 1 °- , would much rather he cuffed by a man ; Ib„n cuddled by a woman. Lau.-ole • niav change." added the speaker! • •bnl. that, will not happen till after; hr has left the Influence of Inn j school.’’ (Renewed laughter.,. j